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Well, as he slept upon her lap
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she took it as a sign her life
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was less a dream and more a nap
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that only promised longer nights
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and muffled steps
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She fumbled for the words
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to pray the banister to give
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It only gave us quite a stir--
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have you forgotten where you live?
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Letters on the way won’t send her
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(A face, up and down,
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is a lot to remember)
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She once set a place in the center
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(It tempted the ground
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to collect what it lent her)
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And soon you’ll see that time is not
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a willing hand to seek to wed
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You hear they’ve set the dowry high
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She’s laughing at you from the bed
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you climbed only to find yourself alone
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She paces round,
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you tell her, "Dear
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I took a lover, not a guard"
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(but she is not
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allowed to hear)
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One night, I dreamt I heard you say
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that love is not an end to meet
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(too quick to catch a roaming eye,
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too slow to set it down to sleep)
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And now, you swore you’d never call his name
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but still, he’s waiting on the stairs!
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A suitor’s welcome, all the same--
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you know it better than you share
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